Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28

by the exertions of Mrs. Drake, who
risked her life in the act. She caught
g. severe cold and has been an Invalid
ever since. The man recovered So, 600
from the town, but not cent OF it
has gone to the woman who saved
his life.
G. A. PACKARD, of Bath, Me-, has g.
setter that is greatly admired by q
neighbours family, who entertain him
at dinner occasionally. One OF the
family is q great knitter, and when
the dog has finished his meal he goes
to the lady's room, brings her her
knitting and lies at her feet while she
goes on with her work.
THE other day Patrick Shannon
walked to the desk Of the city editor
of the st. Louis Republican, and in
sisted upon giving mis- n4me and resi-
dence and g. brief sketch Of his life.
He said he was going away and not
coming back again. He kept his word,
for he walked directly to convenient
place, jumped into the river and was
drowned.
w. III. THOMAS. of Grand Rapids,
Mich, has two great curiosities in his
house. In travelling through his rye
field be discovered stalk OF rye sur
mounted by two perfect ears. On Sat
urday last. his wife presented him with
triplets, all girls, the combined weight
of which was ten pounds ten ounces.
The father, as well as the mother and
babies, is doing we'll.
A CORRESPONDENT writing from In
dependence, Polk County, Oregon,
says: "This town has neither law.
yer, g. tailor, nor a dressmaker, and
one of each is sadly needed here. We
had q good dressmaker, but she
moved to Corvallis, having property
there. The tailor moved to Albany,
and our lawyer was elected district
attorney and had to live in Salem.'
A VERY little baby was born to Den
mis- and Betsy Broughton, respectable
colored citizens of Monroe, Co.,, the
other day. Il weighed but two pounds,
and looked too small to have life in it.
But it's proud mother said there was
nothing the matter with it; it was
''jes' small, dat's ALL" and she named
it martha Ann Mary Magdalene
Frances Cleveland Broughton."
MRS. JULIA LoCKABY, the wife of q
farmer of Greenville County, South
Carolina, is said to have recently @de.
veloped extraordinary powers not
unlike those which Lulu Hurst, the
Georgia electric girl, claimed to pos
sess. She is said to be very superst;-
tious, and thinks that she is possess
ed Of spirits, and refuses to receive
money from the visitors who come to
see her show her powers.
THE Japanese Pro-. Nishigava is at
present studying the German art of
beer brewing at it's source in Munich,
where he spent as much as eight days
in one brewery. He was sent thitber
by the japanese government, which is
DESTROYS OF checking the growing con-
sumption of brandy. and contemplates
the introduction of German and En-
glish beer free of duty, while putting
high tax on stronger alcoholic liquors.
A New YORK washerwomanr recently
received from patron, who arrays
himself for his slumbers in an import.
ed Indian style, two sets of pajamas.
She had no idea what they were; but
managed to get them through the
Wringer, and sent in her bill. The
proper names of these garments evil
IDENTIFY gave her much trouble, but af-
ter one or two false starts she entered
them as two pairs overalls and two
jumpers.
The Portland Oregonian says: Two
monstrous sea lions were caught in a
salmon net belonging to r. S. Van
Tuyl, near nwaco, Wash. Ter, q
few days ago. The largest was IL
feet inches long, 8 feet across the
widest part, A inches in circumfer-
ence at the head and weighed between
1,8OO and 1000 pounds. Fishermen
say he was the largest sea lion they
had ever seen, and shudder when they
calculate the number of salmon re-
CURED to make g. meal for the mon
ster. The smallest of the pair was 8
feet long, and would have been consid-
cred very large but for the enormous